Project Appleseed is an activity of The Revolutionary War Veterans Association, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, dedicated to teaching every American
our shared heritage and history as well as traditional rifle
marksmanship skills. Our volunteer instructors travel across the
country teaching those who attend about the difficult choices, the
heroic actions, and the sacrifices that the Founders made on behalf of
modern Americans, all of whom are their posterity.

Our heritage
program vividly portrays the Battles of Lexington and Concord with the
kind of care and immediacy that is absent from most formal schooling.
Modern listeners are confronted with the danger, the fear, and the
heartbreaking separations that arose out of the choices made on April
19th, 1775. They are also reminded of the marksmanship skills and
masterful organization that ultimately helped set the colonists on the
path to success. Those who attend gain a better understanding of
the fundamental choices faced by our ancestors as they began to set the
stage for the nation we now enjoy.

Marksmanship Clinic

Our
rifle marksmanship program complements our history and heritage.
We
teach the traditional American marksmanship skills. There are,
however, several aspects of our marksmanship program that deserve
special mention. We are particularly proud of our younger
attendees.
In accordance with applicable local laws, young people with
sufficient maturity are welcome to the Appleseed line and can, with
parental permission, join the cadre. The RWVA recognizes the importance of introducing a wide cross section of Americans to their marksmanship heritage. Finally, an important aspect of our marksmanship
program is called “Adaptive Appleseed.” Project Appleseed is
serious about bringing our heritage and marksmanship instruction to
everyone so we’ve committed ourselves to adapting Appleseed to the
special needs of those who have certain physical challenges.

Why
teach marksmanship? Because good shooting requires learning
positive
traits such as patience, determination, focus, attention to detail, and
persistence. Since these skills are likewise key elements of
mature
participation in civic activities, we urge our students to take what
they have learned about themselves as marksmen and apply it to their
participation in their communities and in the wider American society in
accordance with their own choices about how Americans should govern
themselves.

Civic Involvement

There are
those who feel that America’s future is grim, that is, that America has
lost something special and it can never be regained. And in
their
consternation they mutter about “dark choices” and the like.
Appleseed
has a message for them. Just over two hundred years ago our
ancestors
genuinely faced a tough choice. They could submit to those they
felt
were depriving them of their rights as Englishmen or they could fight.
Because they chose as they did, we may never have to face their
dilemma because we have a third alternative.

So what must you do
with your
third choice? Well, you must roll out of the recliner, cut off
the
computer, turn down the TV and get involved. That’s it.
Talk to
family, talk to friends, interact with neighbors, take part in local
community decisions, and become active in whatever political party best
fits your idea of how America should be governed. Write to your
elected representative, attend town halls, correspond with newspaper
editors, and wholeheartedly enter the discussion in both online and
traditional forums.

Read! Think! Debate! Vote! And finally,
we'd really like your help in shaping America's bright future by
participating in this program as a student, as an instructor, or as a
volunteer in other support roles. But even if you never pick up a
rifle again, know that you are everything that Project Appleseed works for. You are an involved, committed American making
responsible
use of the liberties gifted to us so long ago. The future is what
we
make -- YOU make -- of it.

Appleseed is a fast-growing non-profit nationwide community of volunteers. Therefore, it is to be expected that prices, terms, and programs offered are and can be subject to change without notice. Visitors to our site should be cautioned that printed literature can be old/out-of-date, and that only prices and opportunities currently listed on the site are authoritative as to current Appleseed programs and opportunities.